Hancock inmates finally get addiction help after sheriff canceled contract over group’s support of Black Lives Matter
Inmates have been without recovery coaches since last June, when the county sheriff canceled a contract with a group over its support for Black Lives Matter.
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Gunman in Canada’s worst mass shooting smuggled in weapons at Maine border crossing
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Inmates at the Hancock County Jail in Ellsworth have been without recovery coaches since last June.
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